Belford
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English belle (“bell; bell-shaped hill”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun[edit]
Belford (countable and uncountable, plural Belfords)
- A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1033).
- A commuter town in the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.
- A census-designated place in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Belford is the 12378th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2513 individuals. Belford is most common among White (74.65%) and Black/African American (16.47%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Belford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Places in New South Wales
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Census-designated places in New Jersey, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in New Jersey, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English